Talent Acquisition Specialist

**Date**:May 15, 2025 **Location**: Waterloo, CA **Company**:Wilfrid Laurier University **Department**: Human Resources **Job Type**: Limited Term **Full-time/Part-time**: Full Time (>=1249 hrs/year) **Campus**: Waterloo **Reports to**:Associate Director, Talent Acquisition and Employee Experience **Employee Group**: CPAG **Application Deadline**:05/22/2025 **Requisition ID**:9257 Wilfrid Laurier University is a leading multi-campus university that excels at educating with purpose. Through its exceptional employees, students, researchers, leaders, and educators, Laurier has built a reputation as a world-class institution known for its rich student experience, academic excellence, and global impact. With a commitment to Indigenization and commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, Laurier’s thriving community has a place for everyone. Laurier has more than 21,000 students and 2,100 faculty and staff across campuses in Waterloo and Brantford, as well locations in Kitchener and Milton. The university is committed to providing an inclusive workplace, a flexible work policy and employing a workforce that is reflective of local and national demographics. Laurier's Waterloo, Kitchener, and Brantford campuses are located on the shared traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples. This land is part of the Dish with One Spoon Treaty between the Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabe peoples and symbolizes the agreement to share, protect our resources, and not to engage in conflict. Laurier's Milton campus is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, and part of the Nanfan Treaty of 1701 between the British Crown and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. **Position Summary** Reporting to the Associate Director, Talent Acquisition and Employee Experience and part of the Talent and Organizational Development team, the Talent Acquisition Specialist works collaboratively with hiring managers across multiple campuses as a strategic recruitment business partner. The Talent Acquisition Specialist provides strategic advice, expertise, coordination and delivery of end-to-end talent acquisition services to hiring managers for both union and non-union staff and management recruitment. As an experienced recruiter, the Talent Acquisition Specialist drives strategic and equitable recruitment and selection practices focused on attracting, sourcing, recruiting, negotiating, onboarding and retaining diverse talent which supports a thriving and future-ready community. The Talent Acquisition Specialist will work to support Laurier’s strategic priorities, including its commitments towards Indigenization and equity, diversity and inclusion. As well as performing administrative duties, the incumbent will participate on special projects and committees relating to broader Talent and Organizational Development and Human Resources matters. **Accountabilities** - **Recruitment**: - Leads and delivers end-to-end talent acquisition services - Provides strategic recruitment advice on Laurier’s recruitment and selection processes - Ensuring job postings are compliant with Collective Agreement, university policies and applicable legislation - Provides guidance and ensures proper interpretation of collective agreements as they relate to recruitment, while collaborating with Human Resource Consultants ; - Bringing forward union obligations when hiring managers want to hire outside of practice or guidelines - Seeking approvals from Director, Total rewards for salary that fall outside the compensation policy guidelines. - Determine appropriate starting salaries for positions which are exempt from bargaining unit by reviewing - **Outreach** - Participate in strategic recruitment initiatives, including leading and participating in events, branding and community outreach; - Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders; - Conducts market research to determine talent trends and talent pool availability - Project manages third party search vendors to assist with hard-to-fill recruitment needs - Researches new talent sources to access passive talent in a competitive marketspace - Analyze talent data and industry trends to develop and implement strategic recruitment plans to recruit passive talent and maintain talent pipelines; - Networking and maintaining talent pipelines - **Onboarding** - Provide input into the creation and implementation of on-going onboarding initiatives including new employee orientation and material provided to new employees; - Maintains onboarding system to identify issues and work with HRIS for resolution to ensure positive new employee experiences - **Career Portal Implementation and Improvement**: - Reviews current functionality of the Career Portal and identifies gaps/errors and works with HRIS to address the issues in a timely manner - Documents current functionality issues and tracks status of improvement - Utilizing the HRIS and AT